“To be honest, I don’t think I can go back to Japan. » After his team final with Japan and his two defeats on ippon against Teddy Riner, Tatsuru Saito moved the world of judo. Steeped in “shame”, the Japanese, who competed in +90 kg, had the misfortune of falling twice against the Frenchman and causing Japan to lose two points, the last of which was decisive.
This Wednesday, Tatsuru Saito revealed that he was suffering from pain in his right hand during the competition. “Since May, I have lost all strength in this hand,” he explains on the networks. After the Olympics, I underwent a full examination, which turned out to be worse than I expected. » As a result, the Japanese had surgery – a “difficult” decision to make in his words. “It’s not just the injury, everything has been bad for me so far,” he continued without giving further details.
In his message to his fans last August, Tatsuru Saito promised to bring “two gold medals to Japan” to Los Angeles in 2028. After his time on billiards, his ambition remains the same: “I will never give up . Whatever anyone says, I will return to the battlefield. »
